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After producing and co-starring in the previous installment of Universal 's "Pitch Perfect," Elizabeth Banks is now looking to get behind the camera as the multi-hyphenate is set to direct " Pitch Perfect 2 ." Kay Cannon, who penned "Pitch Perfect," is writing the screenplay for the sequel. Paul Brooks will produce for Gold Circle Films alongside Banks and Max Handelman for their Brownstone Productions shingle. Gold Circle's Scott Niemeyer will executive produce on Pitch Perfect 2. Cannon is co-producing with Gold Circle's Jeff Levine.

Lionsgate will release " The Hunger Games: Catching Fire " on all home entertainment platforms on March 7. Sequel's Blu-ray will include "Surviving the Game: Making Catching Fire," a nine-part feature length documentary that offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the production; along with deleted scenes and an audio commentary with director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson. Disc will also include a sneak peek at "Divergent," from Summit Entertainment. The Blu-ray and DVD will be priced at $39.99 and $29.95, respectively.

Surprising no one who has been on the Internet recently, the star most credited for the industry's record year of domestic box office sales is Jennifer Lawrence . The "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and " American Hustle " actress was voted the top money-making star of 2013 in Quigley Publishing Company's annual poll of motion picture theater owners and film buyers. Sandra Bullock, who costarred in "The Heat" and "Gravity" this year, was second and Lawrence's "Hustle" costar, Bradley Cooper (who also appeared in "The Hangover III" this year)

In this weekly feature, I ask stars from the sports and entertainment world to name the celebrity that people tell them they look like and/or the ones they've been mixed up with. "I get Michael J. Fox when he was younger. I've never seen it, but I think it's personality-wise. Also a guy named Penn Badgley. " - "Hunger Games" star Josh Hutcherson To read my complete interview with Hutcherson, click here .

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When the sequel "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" debuts worldwide on Friday, industry analysts believe the movie from studio Lions Gate Entertainment will set international box offices ablaze in a bigger way than the first film. The original "Hunger Games" movie in 2012 became a smash hit with strong sales in the United States and Canada, but pulled in less than half of its box office grosses in overseas markets, a modest foreign take by blockbuster standards.

"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" is a lot like its own celebrity heroine, Katniss Everdeen, who begins this second "Hunger Games" movie fulfilling a public relations tour as penance for her killer - literally, killer - popularity. She is adored by millions; the books are too. The three Suzanne Collins novels, to be spread across four films, are being adapted with both eyes on fidelity to the source material. All "Catching Fire" had to do was to show up, look good and not screw up to succeed.